Index: logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/pattern/SyslogStartConverter.java
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--- logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/pattern/SyslogStartConverter.java	(revision 1666)
+++ logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/pattern/SyslogStartConverter.java	(working copy)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   
     localHostName = getLocalHostname();
     try {
-      simpleFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd hh:mm:ss", new DateFormatSymbols(Locale.US));
+      simpleFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd HH:mm:ss", new DateFormatSymbols(Locale.US));
     } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
       addError("Could not instantiate SimpleDateFormat", e);
       errorCount++;